A Question of the Day

[rimblemethis]

On the way in to work today, I had a conversation with my commute buddy.  I was trying do describe the types of choices I need to make since I deal with a production system and it need to stay running

Comments

[wolfs_daugher]

Pick up the baby and get him/her OUT of the burning house, call the Fire Department, and then start making calls about the oil rig.

Can't help nobody if I don't take care of me first, and babies can't take care of themselves, so I must.

hmmm. Babies can't take care of themselves......

Sparrow

[emberleo]

That's exactly the order I came up with.

1: Get the baby.
2: Call 911 about the house.
3: Start calling appropriate whatevers about the oil rig.

--Ember--

[emberleo]

The only thing I can think of that might matter is... how close to the spilled [flamable] oil is the house fire?

'cause if it's VERY close I might try to do something specific to keep them from touching before the emergency people show up. Of course, I'd expect the folks of the oil rig to help with that.

--Ember--

[ex_ciannait]

Heh, sounds like my old job at Shutterfly. I'd focus on the house, it has more destructive power.

--Heather, fellow sysadmin.

[kid_lit_fan]

In general, you want to get OUT of a burning house before doing anything else. I'd take the baby with me, then call 911 about the house, followed by asking the operator whose job the oil rig is.

[sgeorge1701]

Taking at face value:

1) Baby crying - must be saved from burning house.

2) House burning, take baby, get away call fire dept

3) Include in the report there is oil leaking everywhere.

Get far away with baby.

Now, if I have the SKILLS - you have to split the team to do multiple tasks - 1) small team to save the baby (1 person can do it). Fire is BIGGEST THREAT - must be contained and extinguished.

Oil all over the place is also MAJOR THREAT, but not totally - if it ignites (and there is open flame nearby) it could get a LOT worse - very quickly - must work to cap oil spill and extinguish fire simultaneously.

Note - some fires are NOT ENOUGH to ignite leaky oil rig - crude oil is not as flammable as gasoline - worry is natural gas combined with oil - that might ignite (although still less likely to ignite oil) Crude is thick and not easily ignited.

Steve

[lysana]

Grab baby (save the helpless, focus on the small problem that can be easily resolved), get out of the house (save self and helpless; get out of the way of medium-sized problem I can't solve alone), contact authorities about house and oil rig (team efforts that require more than one person to fix).